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Originally Posted by lonewolf
their hand was forced when plans were introduced to develop the lot. obviously nobody was clamoring for it to be deemed historical but it was a use it or lose it scenario. with the pace of development in the area i think that's the right call.
in a perfect world we would have its "historicalness" reassessed in 10 years but i'm sure that's not how it goes.
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Understood, but I think if they come back with a plan that has a warehouse facade for a building that's appropriately sized for today's Austin that'd be a win for everyone and the city should allow it. Just my opinion. I agree with not putting a glass box in this spot.